Toronto Mayoral Candidates

• Is mayoral hopeful Ana Bailao a consensus builder, or keeper of Toronto’s status quo?

  But as Toronto grows increasingly unaffordable and record numbers of people go unhoused, can she shake her critics' label as the maintainer of a broken status quo?

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2023
  
• Toronto election: Mitzie Hunter’s voice was forged around a large family dinner table

  "I absolutely know I have a voice because it started at home around that dinner table," the 51-year-old Toronto mayoral candidate says with a laugh.

  Politics

  Jun 19, 2023
  
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• Man wanted, debate cancelled after Toronto mayoral candidates threatened

  Toronto police said on Thursday at around 10:45 a.m., officers were called to the Mortimer Avenue and Memorial Park Avenue area.

  Crime

  Jun 1, 2023
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• Mayoral hopefuls face off in debate co-hosted by Toronto Star, United Way, TMU

  Six of the leading candidates to be Toronto's next mayor will face off tonight in a debate over what organizers call the critical social and economic challenges facing the city.

  Politics

  May 31, 2023
• Meet the dog and human duo fetching votes to be Toronto’s next mayor

  Toby Heaps, the 'candidate for human mayor,' said he is campaigning 16 hours per day and has invested his own money, with a fundraising goal of $10,000 by June 1.

  Politics

  May 27, 2023
• Scarborough transit cuts, declining services, working with Doug Ford dominate Toronto mayoral debate

  The candidates said, if elected, they would focus on revitalizing declining city services in the diverse, populous region, which many called a microcosm for issues across Toronto.

  Politics

  May 24, 2023
• More than 100 candidates running to be Toronto’s next mayor

  In a press release issued Friday, the city said its clerk John D. Elvidge has certified 102 candidates for Toronto's by-election for mayor.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023
• John Tory wins 2nd term as mayor of Toronto

  Tory defeated former chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat and 33 other mayoral candidates in a 10-month campaign that had him lead in the opinion polls from start to finish.

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2018
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• Observers say endorsements in municipal elections can be a double-edged sword

  Municipal elections project their professed neutrality with an array of bright and variably hewed campaign signs meant to signal the fact that local races do not fall along the same political party lines as provincial or federal contests.

  Oct 19, 2018
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• Toronto election 2018: Get to know your mayoral candidates

  Candidates were asked to discuss transportation, affordability, community safety and economic development-related issues.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2018